Comedy

Comic Pete Holmes grew up a devout Christian so when he started doing standup he had to find out how he fit in. His new TV series Crashing is based on those experiences.

Full Frontal host Samantha Bee makes no bones about the fact that she was caught off guard by Donald Trump's victory on election night.

After working mostly as a behind-the-scenes guy on Chappelle's Show and Inside Amy Schumer, Neal Brennan is now stepping out as a performer.

Tom and Dick Smothers came to CBS in 1967 not really intending to lead or support a revolution. They just got caught up in it — and they happened to have a network program "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", with some 30 million viewers, on which they criticized the war in Vietnam, celebrated rock 'n' roll music and satirized politics and politicians.

Maria Semple's new comic novel is about a stressed-out wife and mother who starts every day with a mantra. She tells Fresh Air's Sam Briger that the book was inspired by her own experiences as a mom.

Sandomir tackles the issue of male pattern baldness in his new, humorous book, "Bald LIke Me."

Comic and actor Louis C.K. created and stars in the new HBO comedy series Lucky Louie. C.K. has been a writer for David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Chris Rock and Saturday Night Live. He also wrote, produced and directed the film Pootie Tang. Lucky Louie airs Sunday nights at 10:30 p.m. ET on HBO, following Entourage.

"Donald and I go all the way back to when his hair was dark brown," Garry Trudeau jokes. His new book, Yuge!, is a collection of 30 years of comic strips featuring Trump as a character.

Glover created, co-writes and stars in the FX series Atlanta, a hybrid of comedy and drama set on the fringes of the city's hip-hop scene. He has also recorded music under the name Childish Gambino.

A genuine and funny comic, Chris Gethard talks about how he decided to bring his struggle with depression and suicide into his comedy act, and how improv changed his life.

We remember the comedian Richard Pryor, who died on Saturday. This interview originally aired on May 22, 1995.

Enter Me

In Difficult People, Klausner and her co-star Billy Eichner play unsuccessful New York comics who constantly make snarky comments about celebrities, movies, TV shows and theater. Klausner says that though the tone of the show is often one of anger or annoyance, the energy behind it isn't all negative.

David Mandel, the Emmy-nominated writer, director and executive producer of the HBO series Veep, discusses the current season of the show, his work on SNL and the 2016 presidential election.

The comic behind the semi-autobiographical films. Sleepwalk with Me and My Girlfriend's Boyfriend has a new fictional film - which still has some personal resonance - about a improv comedy group and what happens when one member gets a job on a popular TV sketch comedy show.

In her new collection of personal essays Jessi Klein considers some of the absurdities of being female.